Posty Post. I need to unload a bunch of pictures of things I made but haven't posted.

This one doesn't look good, but it tasted great.

2 1/2 cups lentils, (mixed, green, french, whatever)
5 cups water or chicken stock
2 cans stewed tomatoes
1 lbs ground beef
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1 bunch spinach
madras curry paste
(or alternatively, curry powder, allspice, ginger, Cinnamon, red pepper flakes, ground coriander, caraway, celery seed, and black peppercorns)
Basmati rice

If you wanted, you could add carrots or potatoes or broccoli to the veggies. I tend to make a lot of one pot dishes, or maybe two if you count the side of rice. For this, I browned the beef, and tossed in the onion and garlic until soft. Then tossed in the stewed tomatoes. The lentils were a lot like rice, two cups of liquid for 1 cup of dried lentils. Then all the spices, and simmer for 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on how creamy you want the lentils to get. Last minuted I added the spinach and it wilted away. The basmati rice was cooked following the directions.